Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Dump trucks

I love making toys. I find it very fun and rewarding. I'm always looking for new ideas. Mainly I want to make them durable, easy, and cheap(for mass production reasons). So I was poking around on the scroll saw woodworking and crafts message board when I came across this little dump truck.

Dumper by Sam Johnson

I love the look of this little guy. The idea of using the yellow stacker bin was genius. I'm pretty sure I can find those at Dollarama. The truck itself is very plain and the bin doesn't even dump. These are for sale for 29 euros for a small one and 49 euros for a big one. Not sure what the is in our money but someone said 29 euros is about $45 usd. I can't believe that. It doesn't even dump.

I think I can improve on this. I'm sure the kids will like it. I've never had a complaint about my cars before, so I've got a good feeling about this one. I have a drawing already mocked up of how I want to do it. Now it's just getting the bins and some more dowel and I'll make up a prototype. Can't wait to post it and show you. I definitely won't charge that much for them either.